Kelly Clarkson to headline game-day parties for Super Bowl LII ticket holders – Kelly Clarkson has been recruited to headline the NFL’s official Super Bowl warm-up parties on game day in downtown Minneapolis. The original “American Idol” will perform at the 52 Live bash on the afternoon of Sunday, Feb. 4, a pre-game party for Super Bowl LII ticket holders at the Armory, two blocks from U.S. Bank Stadium. She will also sing for an even more select group of game attendees at another shindig that afternoon inside the stadium in the Delta 360 Sky Club. Different VIP ticket packages are being sold to the game via SuperBowl.com with varying party options, ranging in price from $6,300 to $13,500. – Read more at StarTribune.com
Diana DeGarmo and Melinda Doolittle Recording together?
American Idol season 3 alum Diana DeGarmo and season 6 singer Melinda Doolittle will be in the studio together later today.
Can’t wait to play in the studio with @mdoolittle & @falalaura today!
????— Diana DeGarmo Young (@DianaDeGarmo) December 18, 2017
The Voice’s Brooke Simpson on Songs of Faith and Inspiration – “I knew I wanted to do a spiritual song,” Brooke tells Parade.com about the song that finished No. 2 on iTunes. “I had shown my background as a Native American on stage. I had shown who I am as an artist every single week, but I hadn’t shown my roots as far as why I even started in music. My mom and my dad still travel fulltime. They have been doing it for 30 years. That is how they pay the bills — by singing at different churches. Songs like ‘Amazing Grace’ let me know the power of what music can do.” – Read more at Parade
Casey James and Wife Welcome Baby Son
Casey James and his wife welcomed son Maverick Pearce.
Kris Allen talks Tom Petty, Kanye West, rock docs, returning to ‘American Idol’ and more – It’s December, which means we’re in that weird window between when singers audition for American Idol and when their show actually airs. Kris Allen remembers it well. “They tell you, don’t tell anybody,” the former Idol champion said by phone recently. “You have to keep this hush-hush deal going on, which is probably increasingly hard every year with social media and everything. But it’s also an exciting time, because you feel like something good is happening. For me, I just wanted to play music and make that my life, and this felt like, Oh, this might be the step towards it.” – Read more at TampaBay.com
Katharine McPhee and David Foster Perform Together at Star-Studded Holiday Party – On Saturday, McPhee, 33, and Foster, 68 — who were spotted locking lips in November but have yet to officially confirm their romance — shared the stage at Academy Award-winning singer-songwriter Carole Bayer Sager and her husband Bob Daly’s holiday party. Kim Kardashian West — who documented the party on her Instagram story — shared a video of the musicians performing “White Christmas” alongside producer and singer Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds. – Read more at People
Riverside to honor memory of singing doctor Brandon Rogers – When Brandon Rogers died in a car accident last spring, the 29-year-old’s death cut short two dreams — the many things he hoped to accomplish as a physician, and the hearts he would lift as a singer. But Riverside Regional Medical Center, where Rogers was a resident in the family practice program, is taking steps to make sure his legacy lives on. In connection with Rogers’ family, the Riverside Foundation has begun a fundraising project to build a simulation laboratory that one day will bear his name. Rogers, who grew up in Portsmouth, had begun to develop a following as a singer as well. He performed on stage with the popular vocal group Boyz II Men, and his audition for “America’s Got Talent” — just a few weeks before he died — was well received by the judges. – Read more at DailyPress.com
